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Mobile phones and the internet have significantly affected practically all sectors of the economy, and agriculture is …
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the strong linkages observed between rural non-farm activities and primary agricultural production, highlight agriculture …
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as well as its participation effect. The paper assesses how these effects compare between agriculture and non-agriculture …. Special attention is given to Sub-Saharan Africa. While the direct growth effect of agriculture on poverty reduction is likely … to be smaller than that of non-agriculture (though not because of inherently inferior productivity growth), the indirect …
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Infrastructure is viewed as a crucial ingredient to foster growth and productivity. Amid the post -- global financial crisis slowdown, Sub-Saharan Africa is in dire need to continue the growth momentum it experienced during the period of the Africa Rising narrative. An emerging consensus in the...
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activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper …
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Reaping the full benefit of adjustment packages depends on a government's commitment to reform as well as a variety of complementary factors, many of which have not been duly considered because of the lack of time, resources, and skills. It is becoming increasingly clear that if these packages...
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herald cities with their industrial bases as "engines of growth," does industrialization in fact drive urbanization? While … industrialization correlate only weakly with changes in urbanization. This suggests that policy and institutional factors may also … influence the urbanization process. In fact, the relationship between industrialization and urbanization is absent in Sub …
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imitation sector. The process of industrialization increases the demand for high-skill labor, inducing individuals to invest in …
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This study analyzes gender differences in labor productivity in the formal private sector, using data from 128 mostly developing economies. The results reveal a sizable unconditional gap, with labor productivity being approximately 11 percent lower among female- than male-managed firms. The...
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This paper conducts an integrated assessment of climate change impacts and climate mitigation on agricultural commodity markets and food availability in low- and middle-income countries. The analysis uses the partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM to generate scenarios to 2080. The findings show that...
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